Austin Street & 70th Avenue

Austin Street and 70th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forest Hills Post Office is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
850 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
70 Rd/Queens Blvd · Q23
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Austin Street & 70th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    850 feet
    E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
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Manhattan
4 lines
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Bus

The nearest bus stop is 70 Rd/Queens Blvd, 940 feet away, for the Q23.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 70 Rd/Queens Blvd Q23
    940 feet
    Q23

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Austin St & 70 Rd 23 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1962 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on Austin Street (south side), and as 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Austin Street (south side).

East side of 70th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 70th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Austin Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM 30 MINUTE LIMIT 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404363, 466139, 466140, 466692, 469274 and 469385.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in MacDonald Park.

  1. Gerald MacDonald Statue by Frederic De Henwood, 1934
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achieve Beyond Preschool
    300 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Clearview Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ivy United USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacDonald Park
    390 feet
  2. Charlotte's Way - South Jamaica II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 106-06 Queens Boulevard Older adult center
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    60 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 70th Avenue or Austin Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.